Car-coupling



(No Model.)

l A. ELLIOTT.

GAR GOUPLING.

No. 406,639. l Patented July 9. 1889.

mlllllU-In l Q 0 7l@ c @maar t l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A'US'IINT ELLIOTT, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,639, dated July 9,1889. Application filed September 26, 1888. SerialNo. 286,470. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may con/cern:v

Be it known that I, AUSTIN ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Kansas City, in the county of Wyandotte and State ofKansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

provements being to provide a car-coupling which will possess theadvantages of simplicity ofV parts, durability of construction, and easeof operation, with a ready adaptation for the purpose contemplated. Iattain these ob jects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in Which- Figure I is a bottom plan view of two couplers,showing them in position locked together; Fig. 2, a similar view showingthe parts uncoupled, and Fig. 3 an end View of one of the' couplings. Y

Similar letters of, reference indicate like parts in the several gures.

VReferring to the `said drawings, A represents the frame-Work o'f theplatform of the car,-to the central part of which is secured thedownwardly-projecting frame B, Within which the rear end of thedraw-head' of the coupling C is pivoted, as shown.

The coupling O is composed of an elongated draw-head, terminating at itsfront part with a hoolcshaped projection D, the said projection on onecoupling being adapted to interlock With a corresponding projection uponan opposite coupling, as fully shown in Fig. l. Near the center of thedraw-head is provided la recessed projection E, in which is adapted tobe pivoted an elbow-shaped lever F, the inner arm a of which has amovement Within the space to the rear of the hook-shaped projection D,the end of said inner arm a tting within a groove b in the rear of theprojection D, While the outer arm c of the lever prover F at one side ofthe car it causes the in-4 ner arm a to push the hook-shaped projectionsD apart, as fully shown in Fig. 2, In place, however, of operating thesaid elbowshaped lever F by the handle d, I may provide a rod or shafth, running transversely across the platform and j ournaled in suitablebearings thereon, yand having wheels e' upon each end, While a chain kissecured to the rod or shaft h and to the outer arm of the leverF in suchmanner that by turning either of the Wheels t' in the proper directionthe connecting-chain is wound upon the rod or shaft h, causing the innerarm a of the lever to move outwardly to push the couplings apart fromeach other. The draw-head isgiven a free lateral play upon its axisthrough the medium of a strong spring G, secured to the rear of thedraw-head and to the platform, as shown, so that the couplings willslightly yield laterally, when they are being connected together, toavoid the'usual jar of coupling.

To the front end of the'platform. of the car is pivoted a latch or catchII, the object of which is such that the inner arm a of the lever F canbe held in a position to prevent the coupling of the cars, when sodesired,bydrop ping the said latch or catch over the handle (l of theouter arm of the lever F, thus closing the mouth of the hook-shapedprojection `D and preventing the two parts from interlocking with eachother. j

The front ends of each of the draw-heads are preferably slot-ted andprovided with the usual coupling-pins, so that in case it maybe foundnecessary to couple with `cars not pro` vided with my improvements theordinary link-coupling may be readily employed in connection therewith.

I do not confine myself to the specific construction herein describedand illustrated, as

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it is evident that modifications thereof can be readily employed withequal eiect Without departing from the spiritof my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is-The herein-described car-coupling, consisting of the elongated draw-headpivoted near its rear end to the platform of the car and provided withthe spring G, the front end of said draw-head terminating inahook-shapedprojection D, and provided with an elbowshaped lever F, the one arm ofwhich rests Within the space at the rear of the said hookshapedprojection D, While the other arm thereofA projects to one side of thecar, substantially in the manner and for the purpose speciied. p

In testimony Whereofql affix my signatu re in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

, AUSTIN ELLIOTT. [n s] Witnesses:

JOHN F. CIIAPIN, WELLINGTON MooNEY.-

